4.05.2010

The word I hear most at sales is "cute," and it's meant as a compliment. I'm never going to be the edgiest illustrator in my graduating class, and I'm coming to terms with this. For the sale, I've made some new paintings, intent on being as adorable as possible.

Kitten sketches!Spring:

Summer:

Fall:

And winter:

...and winter again:I wound up redrawing this one after I printed the first sketch and traced it onto watercolor paper. I scraped the whole composition and went back to thumbnails. The kitteny actions stayed the same, but they got hot chocolate.

I'm really happy with the final paintings. (No in-progress photos here. As usual, these pieces had an extended and awkward adolescence.) I used regular watercolors as usual, and did the linework with Pelikan Opaque Watercolors. The set I have has a great range of colors, although I do wish that the yellows were more opaque. Anyhow, kittens!

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Eloise Narrigan is an alumna of the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Eloise loves great stories, knitting, ink, staying up very late, and anteaters.
Eloise is always available for commissions. Inquiries of all sorts should be sent to narrigan@gmail.com.